Microcystin in cyanobacterial blooms in a Chilean lake

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-173

  Campos, Victoriano ^a   Cantarero, Sergio ^a   Urrutia, Homero ^b   Heinze, Rita ^c   Wirsing, Birgit ^d   Neumann, Uwe ^d   Weckesser, Jürgen ^d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bloom; Chile; Cyanobacteria; Hepatotoxicity; Microcystin; Microcystis

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CHILE; CYANOBACTERIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0033058432     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80062-9     Document Type: Article

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